Health Supervision
for Children with TS
American Academy of Pediatrics,
PEDIATRICS Vol. 111 No. 3 March 2003, pp. 692-702
 [for Professionals mainly]
" ... guidelines designed to assist the pediatrician for the child in whom the diagnosis of Turner syndrome has been confirmed by karyotype ... "
The Turner Syndrome Support Society
TSSS(UK)
[Support Groups]
" ... for discussion and information on TS ... "
** WARNING! **
The Images included below may be disturbing!
TS
- Fetal hydrops or Hydrops fetalis
University of Utah - Web Path Pathology series.
[for Professionals mainly]
Most often, an omen of fetal demise.
Turner Syndrome
Johannes Nielsen et al., Turner Contact Groups in Denmark, December 1, 1999
"Nice!"
An
11 page orientation
What is Turner Syndrome
The Turner Center, National
Society, Denmark
" ... average height of TS women is 147 cms., ... in 1980s ... creation
of a network of contact groups ... phone+45 70 20 11 40 ... "
"Early presbyacusis
in TS - Abstract - Poster
A. E. Stenberg et al,. (Austria, Sweden), February 15, 1999
" ... ear and hearing problems are common ... premature aging of the ear (presbyacusis) ... estrogen receptors are present in the inner ear ... "
Facts about human
growth hormone
NovoNordisk, 2007
" ... production of genetically engineered hCH ... Norditropin ... "
TS - Treatment
with Natural Estrogen (1997)
RW Naeraa et al., Turner Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 1, 1999
Induction of puberty, Long-term estrogen ... (9 pages).
Turner Syndrome Society of the United States
Turner's Syndrome Society of the United States, 2007
TS Fact
Sheet
Turner's Syndrome Society of the United States, 2007
Access to
selected sites specialized in TS health care
Turner's Syndrome Society of the United States, 2007
Local TS chapters
in U.S.A.
Turner's Syndrome Society of the United States, 2007
The Turner Center
- Denmark
The Turner Center, September 16, 1998
Monosomy X (Turner) Syndrome
By Sandra R Silva et al., theFetus.net, May 23, 1999
Turner Center
- Denmark
The Turner Center, September 16, 1998
[Danish]
"Syndrome
de Turner - traitements"
Jean-Claud Carel, Paris, France, 1998
[for Professionals mainly] [French]
A formal 10 page article with 61 scientific citations.
" ... la plupart des anomalies phenotypiques rencontrees peuvent etre
corrigees, totalement ou en partie ... "
Das Turner
Center - Denmark
The Turner Center, January 2000
[German]
Shereshevskiy-Turner Syndrome
I.B.I.S. Birth Defects, December 2, 2003
[Ukrainian]
A fact sheet for parents in Ukrainian
What is Turner Syndrome ... Why does it happen ... How is it diagnosed ... Typical symptoms ... What can be done ... Life prognosis ... Where to get additional information ...
NOTE: NOT ON THE WEB BUT WORTH ATTENTION
* "Turner Syndrome - A Guide for Families" (1992).
P. A. Riese, R.N. and L. E. Underwood, M.
both from the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Can be obtained from the Turner Syndrome Society.
Nice!, it includes TS growth charts, a comprehensive and comprehensible
account.
* "Turner Syndrome: A Personal Perspective"
Lynn-Georgia Tesch, J.D.
Adolesc. Pediatr. Gynecol, 2:186, 1989.
Ms. Tesch has Turner Syndrome and is a prominent member of the Turner's
Syndrome Society of the United States ... "My history is quite typical
of others with Turner syndrome ... I was 12 years old ... it was apparent
to me that i was "different" ..."
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